Historian Timothy Snyder On What We Can Learn From The 20th Century

White House press secretary Sean Spicer talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House on April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Earlier this week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer made several gaffes about the Holocaust. In excusing the Administration’s bombing of Syrian airfields to punish the Assad regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons, Spicer claimed “even Hitler” did not use chemical weapons against his own citizens.